Review: ASUS Radeon 9800XT

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If you’re going to spend nearly $500 on a video card, it had better be worth it, right? The latest high-end graphics cards boast some really steep price tags, so we hope they do more than just run games really fast. You want enough extras to really justify opening your wallet that wide. Third-party vendors make graphics cards based on designs from ATI and nVidia, and while they may sounds or look similar, they don’t always perform the same or include the same features or software.

Today, we take a look at a Radeon 9800XT card from ASUS, one of the most popular of these third-party vendors. Long known for their motherboards, ASUS has a line of video cards — including both ATI and nVidia-based products — which is rapidly becoming very popular in North America. Let’s find out what makes their card worth nearly $500.

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